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Nation-Building in the 21st Century vs Empire-Building
This pamphlet contains the main presentations delivered at the Conference on the Future of Quebec organized by the Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec (PMLQ) on April 10, 2016 in Montreal. The presentations sum up key problems of nation-building and sovereignty today, to ensure that the working class in Quebec and Canada are on a fighting footing to defend their rights and the rights of all under the new arrangements being brought into place by neo-liberal governments at all levels.44 pp / $10.00

Komagata Maru Incident and Liberals’ Apology
This pamphlet concerns an infamous act of state-organized racism carried out against would-be South Asian immigrants to Canada who arrived in Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, BC in 1914 aboard the vessel Komagata Maru. These articles were originally published on the eve of the 102nd anniversary of the incident and shortly after the Liberal government’s apology delivered in the House of Commons on May 18, 2016. They elaborate the context of the crimes and the apology and the outlook of the ruling elite which persist to the present, as well as presenting history of the people’s fight against state-organized racism.

Available in English or Punjabi.45 pp / $10.00

Principles Involved in the Exercise of Quebec SovereigntyMarxist-Leninist Party of Quebec (PMLQ)
The material in the booklet presents the position of the Marxist-Leninist Party on the Quebec national question. It explains the principles involved in the exercise of Quebec sovereignty and refutes the arguments of those who over the years have worked hard against the modernization of constitutional arrangements.49pp / $10.00

Pamphlet Series: Discussion — Work of CPC(M-L)
Those who are fighting resistance battles and for new pro-social arrangements are encouraged to familiarize themselves with this material, which elaborates the theoretical basis for CPC(M-L)’s work to open society’s path to progress.

Discussion No. 1: Democratic Renewal
The work for democratic renewal addresses one of the main problems facing the working people today -– how to bring an end to the status quo arrangements that deny them the right to be the decision-makers in the society. Democratic renewal is a historic necessity, and this pamphlet elaborates CPC(M-L)’s program to sort out the fundamental question “Who decides?”55 pp / $10.00

Discussion No. 2: Need for Modern Definitions
It is imperative not to become stuck in old dogmas based on a social arrangements that no longer exist or no longer serve the interests of working people. To observe some negative symptoms and draft a programmatic call to eliminate them is not enough. What is needed, first and foremost, is to work out a modern perspective, a modern definition of progress, a modern conception for the high road of civilization. The building of this perspective is the recognition of the interests of the working class and broad masses of the people and of society itself, CPC(M-L) affirms.33 pp / $7.50

Discussion No. 3: The Need for Theory
CPC(M-L) elaborates the need for theory today, pointing out that theory has a place in life because life is nothing other than human beings struggling with nature and society. Theory establishes the vital relationships among human beings, and between nature and people. In theory’s absence, it is not possible to carry on modern life.53 pp / $10.00

Discussion No. 4: Modern Communism
CPC(M-L) points out that the key thing in the elaboration of modern communism is not to take up what constitutes the “right-wing” and the “left-wing” but to provide the problems that history gives rise to with solutions which open society’s path to progress. This is why the key thing in modern communism is the sharpening of the struggle between the New and Old. It is the struggle between the working class and the bourgeoisie — between the epoch of the working class, socialism and communism, which is still coming into being and the epoch of the bourgeoisie, which is passing away.28 pp / $7.50

Books by CPC(M-L)

Report on the Work of the Central Commmittee to the 8th Congressby Sandra L. Smith
In this Report on the Work of the Central Committee of CPC(M-L) presented to its 8th Congress, First Secretary Sandra L. Smith speaks to four questions crucial in distinguishing CPC(M-L) from all other political parties in Canada. The report deals with how CPC(M-L) is organized; its form and content; how it carries out its work and how people join the Party.40 pp / $10.00

The Thinking Canadian: The Challenge CPC(M-L) Acceptsby Sandra L. Smith
This report on the work of the Central Committee of CPC(M-L), presented to the Party’s 7th Congress on March 28, 1998 by First Secretary Sandra L. Smith, calls on the working class and people to activate the human factor/social conciousness so as to open society’s path to progress.64 pp / $10.00

Modern Communism: Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)by Hardial Bains
CPC(M-L) presents itself to the workers, women, youth and students, Indigenous peoples and national minorities, calling on them to come to know what CPC(M-L) is. It calls on them to look into the conditions of life in order to establish the truth of what CPC(M-L) stands for and draw warranted conclusions on that basis.87 pp / $10.00

Thinking About the Sixties (1960-1967)by Hardial Bains
Back in the 1960s, a new quality emerged – pioneered in Canada by the work of the Internationalists – which has sustained the will of peoples not to submit to oppression and exploitation since that time and which is responsible for keeping open a space for necessary social change that people can occupy. Thinking about the Sixties by Hardial Bains analyzes the entire phenomenon in its profundity.138 pp / $15.00

Necessity for Change!by Hardial Bains
This pamphlet begins with a determined and thoroughgoing offensive against ideological subversion and blocks to development through social forms. It does so by giving the most revolutionary call, “understanding requires an act of conscious participation of the individual, an act of finding out,” placing action in the first place and understanding in its service.66 pp / $10.00

Visiting Cubaby Hardial Bains
This book includes three essays. In his first, Visiting Cuba – 1992, the author expresses his views concerning the “Special Period,” the name for the circumstances in which the Cubans have had to fight to survive, starting with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe. The second essay, Turning Things Around in Solidarity with Cuba – 1994, is the fruit of the inspiration and experiences shared by the author at the First World Gathering of Solidarity with Cuba. The third essay, Visiting Cuba – 1995, gives Hardial Bains’ reflections on the “Special Period” during the course of a journey. “It would look like a fantasy or an illusion if it were not such an obvious and moving reality that the author is able to explain in its essence and dialectic with such objectivity.”78pp / $10.00

If You Love Your Class… Daily Reflections on Social Consciousness and Other Mattersby Hardial Bains
The collection of essays in If You Love Your Class in both its content and style stands as a model of one of the most important qualities required of the communists and the entire Canadian working class, especially in this period of retrogression – dedication to bringing the human factor/social consciousness into play and rejection of all the dogmas and preconceived notions imposed by the bourgeoisie on the thought and actions of the people.212 pp / $15.00

There Is Such a Party! CPC(M-L) – 30 Years
On the significance of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) and its work on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its founding celebrated on March 31, 2000. It includes the communiqué issued by the Party’s Central Committee on that occasion, as well as the speeches delivered by Comrade Sandra L. Smith, the Party`s National Leader and the First Secretary of its Central Committee, to the Party conference held in Montreal.64 pp / $10.00

Works by Marx, Engels, Lenin and other classics are also available. Please inquire.